1. Thomas Arnold was an English educator and historian.
16 Facts About Thomas Arnold
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Thomas Arnold was an early supporter of the Broad Church Anglican movement.
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William Thomas Arnold was related to the Thomas Arnold family of gentry from Lowestoft.
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Thomas Arnold excelled in Classics and was made a fellow of Oriel in 1815.
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Thomas Arnold became headmaster of a school in Laleham before moving to Rugby.
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Thomas Arnold developed the praepostor system, in which sixth-form students were given powers over every part of the school and kept order in the establishment.
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Thomas Arnold was no great enthusiast for sport, which was permitted only as an alternative to poaching or fighting with local boys and did not become part of Rugby's curriculum until 1850.
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Thomas Arnold described his educational aims as being the cure of souls first, moral development second, and intellectual development third.
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Thomas Arnold was involved in not a few controversies, educational and religious.
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Thomas Arnold married Mary Penrose, daughter of the Rev John Penrose of Penryn, Cornwall.
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When William Delafield Thomas Arnold died in 1859 leaving four orphans, the Forsters adopted them as their own, adding their name to the children's surname.
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Thomas Arnold had bought the small estate of Fox How near Ambleside in the Lake District in 1832, and spent many holidays there.
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Julia Thomas Arnold founded in 1902 Prior's Field School for girls in Godalming, Surrey.
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The Life of Doctor Thomas Arnold, published two years after his death by one of Thomas Arnold's former pupils, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, is seen as one of the best works of its class in the language and added to his growing reputation.
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Thomas Arnold had briefly been a master at Rugby and was married to the daughter of another former headmaster.
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Thomas Arnold has been played several times in adaptations of Tom Brown's School Days, including by Sir Cedric Hardwicke in the 1940 film version, Robert Newton in the 1951 film version, Iain Cuthbertson in the 1971 television version, and Stephen Fry in the 2005 television version.